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Ch.1 Exploring Data (Yates, Moore, Starnes)

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97426615variablesAny charateristics of an individual. A variable can take different values for different individuals
97426616categorical variablePlaces an individual into one of several groups or categories
97426617quantitative variableNumerical values for which arithmetic operations such as adding and averaging make sense
98528979distributionTells what values the variable takes and how often it takes these values
98528980outlierAn individual observation tht falls outside the overall pattern of the graph
98528981symmetricThe right and left sides of the histogram are approximately mirror images of each other
98528982relative cummulative frequency graphAnother name for an ogive
98528983exploratory data analysisUses graphs and numerical summaries to describe the variables in a data set and the relations among them
98528984medianThe midpoint of a distribution
98528985interquartile rangeThe distance between the first and third quartiles
98528986five number summaryConsists of the smallest observation, quartile one, the median, quartile three, and the largest observation
98528987modified boxplotGraph of the five number summary, with outliers plotted individually
98528988standard deviationThe square root of the variance. A measure of spread
98528989meanThe arithmetic average of the observations in a distribution
98528990data analysisMethods and strategies for exploring, organizing, and describing data using graphs and numerical summaries
98528991centerThe description of a distribution average
98528992histogramA plot for quantitative data that groups cases into rectangles or bars
98528993spreadVariability of a distribution
98528994individualsObjects described by a set of data
98528995rangeA measure of spread that is the difference between maximum and minimum values in a distribution
98528996statisticsThe studt of of the production, summarization, and analysis of data
98528997variabilityThe degree to which values in a distribution differ
98528998stem plotA graphical display with steams showing the leftmost digit of the values separated from the leaves showing the next digit or set of digits
98528999varianceA measure of spread equal to the square of the standard deviation
98529000skewed distributionDistribution that shows bunching at one end and a long tail stretching out in the opposite direction
98529001bar graphA display that shows frequencies for categorical data
98529002skewed rightThe right side of the histogram extends much farther out than the left side
98529003skewed leftThe left side of the histogram extends much farther out than the right side
98529004unimodalA distribution that has one peak
98529005bimodalA distribution that has two peaks
98529006multimodalA distribution that has three or more peaks
98529007seasonal variationA pattern that repeats itself at regular time intervals

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